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91st General Assembly · Funnel one-pager · Monday, November 9, 2026

HF 999: Providing for the marketing of grain by licensed warehouse operators and grain dealers, including by providing for indemnity fees and the indemnification of grain depositors and sellers for losses following the cessation of a license or bankruptcy, and including effective date provisions

Died when the session ended · The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

BACKGROUND —— REGULATION OF GRAIN MARKETERS (GRAIN DEALERS AND WAREHOUSE OPERATORS)., corn and soybeans) made by a grain marketer who has made a promise regarding the transaction with a person for the sale or storage of the grain. The grain is usually in bulk form, meaning unpackaged. For purposes of the bill, a grain marketer is referred to as a grain dealer purchasing grain from a seller, especially a seller who is a grain producer. A grain marketer may also be a bailor, referred to as a warehouse operator, storing grain under bailment on behalf of the bailee, referred to as a depositor.

Sponsors

Ways and Means (successor To Hsb 131) committee

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 5 for, 3 against

For: Agribusiness Association of Iowa; Iowa Corn Growers Association; Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship; Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; Iowa Soybean Association

Against: Agribusiness Association of Iowa; Iowa Corn Growers Association; Iowa Institute for Cooperatives

In plain words

  1. April 8, 2025Filed in the House
  2. May 8, 2025Withdrawn

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Monday, November 9, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/91/HF999